Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25066
(formerly occ/9077)

	Τὸ γλυκύπικρον ἐκροφῶν βίου μέλι· \|
	τῆς τοῦ θανάτου πικρί(ας) οὐκ αἰσθάνῃ· \|
	ἀλλ᾽ ὀψὲ νήψας καὶ νοήσας τὴν πλάνην· \|
	Ἄνθρωπε φύγε τὸν ψυχώλεθρον βίον· \|
	γῆν γὰρ ἅπασαν καὶ θάλασσαν ἂν δράμης \|
	καὶ πάντα τῆς γῆς ἂν κερδήσεις τόν \| πλοῦτον·
	τάφος σὲ σήψει κἂν θέλης κἂν μὴ θέλης:-

Type(s)	[3023] Τὸ γλυκύπικρον ἐκροφῶν βίου μέλι (7 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1476-1500
Manuscript	FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 31, Cod. 24 [1476-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1r
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Image source(s)	http://mss.bmlonline.it/s.aspx?Id=AWOHzYp9I1A4r7GxMCHz&c=Hesiodi%20Opera%20et%20dies#/oro/7
Number of verses	7
Related occurrence(s)	[18745] Τὸ γλυκύπικρον ἐκροφῶν βίου μέλι [1318] ATHOS - Skete Kausokalubion 10 [1318] (f. 27v) (7 verses) (5/7) [20597] Ὁ γλυκύπικρον ἐκροφῶν μέλι βίου [1491] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghia 134 [1491] (f. 210r-210v) (17 verses) (4/7) [21487] ἡ χεὶρ μ(ὲν) ἡ γράψασα, σήπεται τάφῳ [1492] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II C 33 [1476-1500] (f. 518r) (6 verses) (1/7)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Lotte van Olmen - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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